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The Best Care in the Air
As a long-time Midwest Airlines customer, it was very very mixed feelings that I watched yesterday’s press conference announcing that the Midwest name is going away (to be assimilated into the Frontier Airlines brand). The reality is that Midwest brand didn’t disappear with yesterday’s press conference ... it’s been gone (with the exception of the chocolate chip cookies) for many years. Read the rest of this entry
Posted in Business, Marketing, Milwaukee
Tagged branding, Frontier Airlines, Midwest Airlines, Midwest Express
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Tagged — Web 2.0 for Phishers?
I received an email this evening from an old work colleague telling me she had posted photos for me on a social networking site called Tagged1. The email struck me as just a touch strange, but couldn’t place my finger … Read the rest of this entry
Posted in Business, Technology, Web
Tagged cautionary tale, phishing, social networking, spam, Tagged
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Two new blogs of note
During the past week, a couple of promising new blogs were launched by some prominent Milwaukeans. Meg McKenna, co-founder of the successful MilwaukeeMoms.com, has started City on the Lake. McKenna has been a resident of both Chicagoland (she grew up … Read the rest of this entry
Posted in Business, Milwaukee, Music
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Happy Birthday, Mac!
It was 25 years ago today (January 24, 1984) that Apple unveiled the first Macintosh personal computer. On that day a quarter century ago, Steve Jobs stood in front of a crowd of early Apple faithful and literally let the Mac out … Read the rest of this entry
Posted in Business, Innovation/Creativity, Technology
Tagged apple, mac, newton, steve jobs
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Another omen for newspapers
Google announced today that it is ending it’s Print Ads program which packaged and sold advertising space in over 800 U.S. newspapers. Apparently the program, which started in 2006, hasn’t lived up to expectations for generating revenue.
Posted in Business, Marketing, The Future
Tagged advertising, Google, journalism, The New York Times
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